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WD(R) Announces 2.5-Inch, 10,000 RPM Enterprise SATA Hard Drives
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
The World's Fastest Enterprise SATA Hard Drive, WD VelociRaptor(TM), Now Available for Low-power, High-performance Blade Server Applications
LAKE FOREST, Calif., July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WD(R) (NYSE: WDC)
announced today the WD VelociRaptor(TM) 10,000 RPM enterprise SATA hard drives
in an enterprise-class 2.5-inch form factor for blade servers and 1U and 2U
rack servers. The newest WD VelociRaptor hard drive is built for
business-critical applications with enterprise-class mechanics and packs up to
300 GB of capacity into the enterprise small form factor bays, while consuming
35 percent less power than the previous-generation WD Raptor(R) drive.
"WD is bringing to enterprise customers what PC enthusiasts already
appreciate about the WD VelociRaptor: a combination of high performance and
high capacity for hard drive storage," said John Rydning, IDC's research
director for hard disk drives. "WD's new WD VelociRaptor, designed
specifically for the enterprise in an energy efficient 2.5-inch form factor,
gives system OEMs and end users a new storage option to consider to meet
growing storage requirements."
WD VelociRaptor 2.5-inch hard drives are designed and manufactured to
enterprise-class standards to provide high reliability in high duty cycle
environments, resulting in the highest available reliability rating of any
SATA drive at 1.4 million hours MTBF.
"In the server market, demand for high performance drives continues to
shift from the 3.5-inch form factor to the enterprise 2.5-inch form factor,"
said Tom McDorman, vice president and general manager of WD's Enterprise
Storage Solutions business unit. "The new 2.5-inch WD VelociRaptor drive is
the only drive available that can offer server customers the flexibility of
integrating SATA technology while benefiting from server-class performance and
reliability."
Features of the new WD VelociRaptor hard drives include:
Killer Speed -- 10,000 RPM, SATA 3 Gb/s interface and 16 MB cache deliver
enterprise-class performance.
Rock-solid Reliability -- WD VelociRaptor drives are designed and
manufactured to business-critical, enterprise-class standards to provide
high reliability in high duty cycle environments. The design results in
the highest available reliability rating of any SATA drive at 1.4 million
hours MTBF.
Rotary Acceleration Feed Forward (RAFF(TM)) technology -- Optimizes
performance when the drives are used in vibration-prone, multi-drive
chassis.
Ultra-cool operation -- WD VelociRaptor drives consume 35 percent less
power than the previous generation of WD Raptor drive.
NoTouch(TM) ramp load technology -- The recording head never touches the
disk media ensuring significantly less wear to the recording head and
media as well as better drive protection in transit.
Availability
WD VelociRaptor 2.5-inch hard drives (model WD3000BLFS) are under
evaluation with OEM customers and will be available through select commercial
distributors by the end of the month. More information about WD VelociRaptor
hard drives may be found on the company's Web site at
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=494.
About WD
WD, one of the storage industry's pioneers and long-time leaders, provides
products and services for people and organizations that collect, manage and
use digital information. The company produces reliable, high-performance hard
drives that keep users' data accessible and secure from loss. WD applies its
storage expertise to consumer products for external, portable and shared
storage applications.
WD was founded in 1970. The company's storage products are marketed to
leading systems manufacturers, selected resellers and retailers under the
Western Digital(R) and WD brand names. Visit the Investor section of the
company's Web site (http://www.westerndigital.com) to access a variety of
financial and investor information. This press release contains
forward-looking statements concerning availability and expected shipping dates
for WD VelociRaptor 10,000 RPM enterprise SATA hard drives in an
enterprise-class 2.5-inch form factor.
These forward-looking statements are based on WD's current expectations
and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements,
including: delays in manufacturing and delivery schedules, supply and demand
conditions, business conditions generally and other risks and uncertainties
listed in WD's recent Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 6, 2008, to which
your attention is directed. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance
on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof,
and WD undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to
reflect subsequent events or circumstances.
Western Digital, WD, the WD logo and WD Raptor are registered trademarks
of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. WD VelociRaptor, RAFF and NoTouch are
trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. As used for storage capacity,
one megabyte (MB) = one million bytes, one gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes,
and one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies
depending on operating environment. As used for buffer or cache, one megabyte
(MB) = 1,048,576 bytes.
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SOURCE Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
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